Did you know that 1 in 5 Australian children are developmentally behind in their language skills before they even start school?

Speech Pathology students from MQ Health Speech & Hearing Clinic are taking part in the annual Speech Pathology Library Talks campaign to help support children’s language and literacy development.

Speech pathologists are the professionals with unique skills and knowledge to help build children’s language and literacy. The free Speech Pathology Library Talk will provide a unique opportunity to learn more about how to help develop a child’s language and literacy and set them up for success in their early years.

The talk will go for an hour and some of the topics to be covered in the presentation include:

• Choosing the right books and how the University Library can assist this
• Ways parents and teachers can help to build language and literacy
• Encouraging interactions with books
• How to support multi-lingual children through book reading
• What to do if a child is having difficulties with reading

The presentation will demonstrate practical book reading techniques to implement in the classroom or at home using one of the ‘Association’s Book of the Year’ winning books in the 3 to 5 year category.

We invite education students, parents and others interested in children’s language and literacy development, to attend a virtual talk and book reading in November.

When: 4 November, 12-1pm

Where: Zoom

Register: Email Neha Sethi neha.sethi@mq.edu.au to receive a meeting invitation with a Zoom link.